partly through lack of trying.
When I was in graduate school, the Lutheran chaplaincy was fully funded, but we at the Episcopal chaplaincy had to call alumni and fund raise. Sunday School and confirmation class were rather perfunctory.
The church as a whole is realizing their mistake and placing greater emphasis on children's and youth programs, as well as young adults.
It does seem to me that the Episcopal Church gets converts from other denominations to a greater degree than any other mainline church that I know of (hence the term "cradle Episcopalian"
and that its friendliness to GLBT people and straight single people means that it enjoys less "natural increase" (in the form of children of members) than the denominations that place a lot of emphasis on families with children.
It's been my observation that churches where things are happening grow and those that are just going through the motions fail.
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